About Me

I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Monday, January 4, 2010

The mainstream media in the United States NEVER actually tells the real truth about what is going on in a war zone. For lack of another word, we call it "censorship."In this video, titled "Fire Mission" by Casey J. Porter, a former Sgt. in the Army who served two tours in Iraq, you get to see and hear two soldiers talk about what they saw and their story is enhanced by raw video showing exactly what they are saying. It is not a pretty picture of how the U.S. military acts in a war zone like Iraq.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/zxdkgtNs1dY&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEOSubmitted by BILL CORCORAN, editor, CORKSPHERE

This video by Casey J. Porter, who served two tour in Iraq, is titled "A.O.--Area of Operations" and in the video two U.S. soldiers are killed by LOB bombs, but the U.S. Military or Dept. of Defense (DOD) said they were killed by small arms fire. Naturally, the media in the United States reported the two soldiers that were killed were killed by small arms fire rather than the new LOB bomb the Iraqi insurgents use. You really have to see this EXCELLENT video.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/AeFs4R64ktE&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEOSubmitted by BILL CORCORAN, editor, CORKSPHERE: http://corksphere.blogspot.com

The mainstream media in the United States continues to avoid telling the American public the truth about the dire situation in Afghanistan.In this video from an Afghan news outlet, they describe the Afghan situation as worsening. In addition to the suicide bombing that claimed the lives of 8 top CIA agents, there has been an attack on a Canadian convoy that killed four Canadian soldiers and a female Canadian journalist.Elsewhere in Afghanistan, protesters have taken to the streets to condemn the bombings by U.S. Predator or Drone unmanned planes that have killed scores of innocent Afghan women and children.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/QvZXRsB4DBY&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEOREPORTED BY BILL CORCORAN, editor, CORKSPHERE:http://corksphere.blogspot.com

Deaths mark first U.S. fatalities linked to hostile action in country this year

The Associated Pressupdated 1:47 a.m. CT, Mon., Jan. 4, 2010URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34684756/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/KABUL, Afghanistan - Four U.S. service members have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, NATO said Monday. The British Ministry of Defense separately reported the death of one of the country's soldiers in an explosion.

A statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force said the explosion that killed the U.S. service members took place Sunday in southern Afghanistan, but did not give further details on the location or the victims' branch of service.

The deaths are the first U.S. fatalities attributable to hostile action in Afghanistan this year. One U.S. service member has died of non-combat causes so far in 2010.

The British soldier died while on foot patrol Sunday in Helmand province, the ministry said.

This is a really cool video of US Marines in various stages of firefights against the Taliban in Bala Baluk Afghanistan. Plenty of action.TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERSWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/Oy2wxR3YJsc&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY

Video shows various areas of Afghanistan and what our troops are experiencing in this totally hostile country. Good song accompanies video.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/X1NuOXarvK4&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY